On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 09:23:54AM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > Hey, folks, could we refrain from using the F-word for the next 3 days, > at least? It doesn't bolster your position in most cases, and it causes > some folks to be less inclined to listen to what you're trying to say. > It might even cause someone who was inclined to agree with you based on > the rest of your post to disagree just on the basis of not wanting to > agree with someone who is being so crude. > > If you *must* use it, could you at least refrain from SHOUTING it? > > Thank you!
Out of curiosity, does seeing a certain word REALLY cause you a lot of distress? Or was this missive just sort of a reflex action ingrained into you by a mother or grandmother or suchlike? I've never understood why people seem to be so upset about that sort of thing. It seems to me there are literally thousands of things more distressing to worry about than that. Why let yourself get upset by such a trivial thing? Tolerance of other people's ways of expressing themselves is the way to go, I think. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.com/
